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OPERATORS · RRC 884566  · P-5 STATUS Y

Verdun Oil & Gas LLC

Houston, TX · most active in LA Salle County

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Verdun Oil & Gas LLC was issued 52 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 16% on the prior year, across 7 counties led by La Salle with 16. 100% were horizontal.

23 were issued in the past 90 days, up 92% on the prior quarter. 4 were issued in the past week.

The RRC wellbore file lists 761 wells under its operatorship (563 producing, 39 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 3.68M barrels of oil and 84M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 32% on the year before.

It holds 1 active disposal or injection permit, injecting 1.2M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

393 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2011; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 4, 2025.

52
permits, last 12 months
+16%
vs prior 12 months (45)
7
counties, 12 months
563
producing wells, of 761 of record
634
leases it reports
100%
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026

From permit to spud

FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME

A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.

87%
spud rate · 311 of 358 mature permits
18
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–58
0
spuds, last 180 days -100%
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
85
expired undrilled
25
permits a year over 16 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 42 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 71 · prior 12 68(+4%)

010203020222023202420252026

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
LA Salle county →1685268Oct 27, 2026
McMullen county →107269Oct 14, 2026
Karnes county →104445Oct 26, 2026
Dimmit county →936167Jan 21, 2026
Live Oak county →36691Nov 25, 2025
Austin county →22210Sep 17, 2026
Fayette county →263Sep 24, 2026
DE Witt county →—3838Jul 23, 2025
Gonzales county →—1421Oct 21, 2022
Atascosa county →—525Dec 28, 2023
Washington county →—47Aug 31, 2022
Burleson county →—18Feb 15, 2018

All 393 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →

Formations in its completed wells

Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Austin Chalk22972
Eagle Ford21169
Wilcox14324
Olmos5425
Escondido3913
Anacacho3114
Queen City183
Yegua150
Navarro100
Carrizo102
Cook Mountain80
Jackson70
San Miguel52
Sparta50
Pecan Gap51

Production by month

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →

3.68M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-32%
vs the 12 months before
84M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
42.2M
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 84,025,308 · prior 12 55,482,222(+51%)

05M10M202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 3,682,182 · prior 12 5,404,369(-32%)

0500K1M202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

761
on the schedule
563
producing
39
shut in
1
injection
20
temp. abandoned
3
plugged

How it got them

220
permitted itself
540
acquired from others
0
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

1
active UIC permits of 1
30K
permitted bbl/day, active
1.2M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Dimmit1 active30K bbl/d

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

Permit types

Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill5443392
Field transfer101
Recompletion023

Fields

RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.

FieldWellsProducing
Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)27135700219194
Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)2713575017692
Hawkville (Eagleford Shale)39744500159142
Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford)1201820015799
Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas)347735502827
Fashing (Edwards Lime -A-)3037950094
Clay NE (Austin Chalk 11350)1870507042
Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)3473350030
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)6998112511
Somerville (Georgetown)8456450010
Sugarkane (Austin Chalk)8695030011
Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)8695060011

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Aug 4, 2025
CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
945 Bunker Hill RD Ste 1300 Attn Chelsea Cantrelle
Houston, TX 77024
(800) 770-1082
Officers and agents
Capitol Corporate Services, Inc. · Texas Resident Agent
Verdun Oil Company LLC · Managing Member
Nein, Tim L · President,ceo
Savitz, Daniel E · Cfo
Perez, Martin E · Vice President,exec
Rider, Clark W IV · Vice President,exec
Lagrega, Jason T · Coo

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919659Oct 30, 2026Oct 28, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCLA SalleCooke Ranch #F 9HH11,00028337967
919658Oct 30, 2026Oct 28, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCLA SalleCooke Ranch #F 8HH11,00028337966
919657Oct 30, 2026Oct 28, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCLA SalleCooke Ranch #F 7HH11,00028337965
919565Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCLA SalleCooke Ranch #F 4HH11,00028337958
919567Oct 28, 2026Oct 26, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCLA SalleCooke Ranch #F 6HH11,00028337960
919566Oct 28, 2026Oct 26, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCLA SalleCooke Ranch #F 5HH11,00028337959
919516Oct 28, 2026Oct 26, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCKarnesLochnagar G #7HH11,40025538482
919174Oct 16, 2026Oct 14, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCMcMullenRickenbacker B #2HH11,50031137727
919171Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCMcMullenRickenbacker A #1HH11,50031137726
918823Sep 26, 2026Sep 24, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCFayettePasschendaele #3HH14,50014933656
918820Sep 26, 2026Sep 24, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCFayetteCantigny #3HH14,50014933655
918650Sep 19, 2026Sep 17, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCAustinVimy Ridge Unit #2HH13,80001531088
918649Sep 19, 2026Sep 17, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCAustinMons Unit #2HH13,80001531087
918578Oct 22, 2026Sep 16, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCKarnesLochnagar C #3HH11,40025538465
918577Oct 22, 2026Sep 16, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCKarnesLochnagar B #2HH11,40025538464

Full permit history →

About this data

Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.

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